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Journal (1917)

Society of Glass Technology · [Sheffield] · leaf 555

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ts of a methodof making sheet glass by continuously drawing the sheet hori-zontally from a body of metal in a tank, arrangements beingprovided for regulating the temperature of the glass. The metalMows from the tank, 10, into a cooling tank, 11, and then into adrawing chamber, 12. In this chamber… … Fig. 111. in a horizontal direction in the form of a flat sheet. The drawingpower is supplied by endless belts which grip the sheet when itis cooled sufficiently to avoid being marked.The width of the machine is maintained byedge rolls, 120, as used in other Colburnmachines, and the sheet is…

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